Machine for treating and refinishing rugs and textile fabrics.



G. S. KEBABIAN.

MACHINE FOR TREATING AND BEFINISHING BUGS AND TEXTILE FABRICS.

1 .3211101 1131011 FILED SEPT.13 1912.

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G. S. KEBABIAN. MACHINE FOR TREATING AND REFINISHING BUGS AND TEXTILEFABRICS.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1912.

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GEORGE S. KEBABIAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR TREATING AND REFINISHING BUGS AND TEXTILE FABRICS.

Specification ofgIietters Patent.

Patented Apr. 14, 19114.

Application filed September 13, 1912. Serial No. 720,135.

1 have made a certain new and useful Invention in Machines for Treatingand Refinishing Hugs and Textile Fabrics, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to machines for treating and refinishing rugs.The term rug is used throughout the specification generically todesignate all textile floor coverings, with or without nap, handmade andmachine made. i i

The art of treating, renovating and refinishing rugs has come into beingowing to the diminution in the supply of oriental rugs having thesubdued tone and luster of the antique Persian rug. art is to refinishthe modern rug in such a way as to impart to it the decorative andesthetic features of the antique Persian rug. At present,the rug isfirst cleaned of dust and dirt. After the rug is cleaned, therefinishing process consists substantially of stripping the colors, orrather the unstable dyes of the nap of the rug,then forcing the liquidout of the rug, then drying the rug in a drying room, then ironing therug, and sometimes, in the case of a certainrclass of rugs, redyeing therug as a whole or touching up certain parts of the rug with fast dyes toproduce desired shades of color. For these various steps in refinishingthe rug, or a number of rugs at the same time, a number of separatedevices and appliances are now in use, more or less of a primitivenature, poorly adapted for the accomplishment of proper results,ineflicient and uneconomical.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a machinewhich can be utilized for any and all of the processes necessary for thetreatment and refinishing of rugs in an eflicient, expeditious andeconomical manner, adapted to produce the results sought after in theart.

Other objects of my invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in the construction, location, andrelative arrangement of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter setforth, as shown in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out inthe appended claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings The problem of this 1 referencesign wherever it occurs throughout having drainage faucets 2.

and to the various views and reference signs appearing thereon: Figure1, is a longitudi- ;nal front view, parts broken off, of a machineembodying the principles of my inven tion. Fig. 2, 1s a view in verticaltransverse section looking in the direction of the arrows along the line2, 2, Fig.1. Fig. 3, is a detail view of the roller shifting device.Fig. 1, is another detail view showing a brush roller in place of rollerA. Fig. 5, is

a horizontal transverse view of the same device. Fig. 6, 1s a horizontalplan view, looking in the dlrection of the arrows, along 'line 6,6,,Fig. 3, of the same device. Fig. 7,

is a view in vertical section, looking in the :direction of the arrows,along the line 7, 7,

Fig. (i, of the same device. 3 tail view of one of the links of thechain.

Fig. 8, is a de- The same part is designated by the same the severalviews.

In carrying out my invention I propose to employ a tank or vat 1, madeof wood, porcelain or other suitable material, and

In the interior of the tank sprockets 5, 5' and their 'shaftsl, 4, aresupported by a frame 3, made of any suitable or convenient material. Theupper sprockets 10, 10 and their shaft 8, 8, are hung from the ceilingin any convenient way, such as by a casting 11. Two endless chains 9, 9,pass around their respective series of sprocket wheels 5, 5, 10, 10,situated at opposite sides of the tank.

The uppermost shafts 8, are incased in wood D, of a sufficient diameterto permit the rugs to roll over them easily. The chain can be operatedby any convenient or desired driving mechanism, such as an electricmotor, by belting through pulley 7, the forward shaft of the series ofshafts 8, and by driving wheels 10, carried by the shaft. Pulley 7 maybe a speed cone. The links of chains 9,

at intervals of say two feet have webs 12 integral therewith; rods orcleats 14: are fastened by suitable means to the webs. The rods arerounded in cross section (Fig. 2.)

Referring to Figs. 8, 4, 5, 6 roller A is carried by shaft 20. A lever16 shifts sprocket wheel 15, also carried by shaft 20, into and out ofengagement with the enclless chains. Springs 17 and 18 furnish theyielding pressure for wringing out the liquid, between rollers A and B,or B and C when roller A is replaced by brush roller C.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The rugs 19, are tied orfastened in any suitable manner to the cleats l4, until the front faceor plane is filled. The chains are then slowly set in motion and therugs pass over the uppermost shaft and a new surface of cleats presentsitself. This operation is repeated until the total surface formed by thechains and cleats or so much of such surface as may be necessary, iscovered with rugs. The rugs may then be cleaned. Then by filling thetank with a suitable solution and setting the mechanism in motion anystain or dirt may be removed by washing. This solution may then bedrained out of the tank and another liquid, such as a solution ofpotassium hypochlorite (K010) suitable for stripping or attacking theunstable dyes of the rugs, let in. The mechanism is again set in motion,and the rugs are carried up and down passin in and out of the solutionin the tank at frequent intervals of time. This frequent immersion andemergence adds mechanical force to the chemical force of the solution,tends to subject all parts of a rug to a uniform application of theattacking liquid, and by constantly agitating the solution, prevents theformation of sediments. The frequent emergence of the rugs also presentsto the op erator a ready means of frequent observation of the effectsproduced, and enables him to readily regulate the strength ortemperature of the solution and to cease operation when necessary. Itwill also enable him to detect discoloration due to the mixture of thestripped dyes with the attacking solution, in which event it will benecessary 'to supply a fresh solution. At the conclusion of thistreatment the chemical solution is drained off. The fibers of the rugsthen require a cleansing from chemical matter loosely adhering to them.While the rugs are in motion they can be cleaned by filling the tankwith fresh water. This cleansing would be facilitated by directing astream of water down the plane of the rugs, the application of thestream being at a convenient point above the first plane. The water isthen drained from the tank and roller A is shifted into position bymeans of lever 16. The rollers are held yieldingly in their cooperativerelation by springs; this fact permits the cleats and rugs of varyingthickness to pass between them. A rapid motion applied to the rugs willalso aid in expelling the water. To. hasten the drying process a draftof air, of a temperature calculated to accelerate evaporation can alsobe applied at any suitable or convenient point. The final. processapplied to the rugs is the brush, stationary, rotatory, flat orcircular, as may be desired, which will remove the fine particlesloosely adhering to the fibers of the nap as well as brushing orsmoothing the nap into place; this is necessary in order to obtain asmooth and glossy surface.

Various other changes in the mechanism or mode of operation could bemade and still fall within the scope of my invention and I do not desireto be limited to the specific features and form of mechanism here shown.

' Having now set forth the object and nature of my invention and variousmodes of application thereof, what I claim as new and useful and of myown invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a machine for treating rugs, the combination with'a tank, of framesor castings anchored in the tank for supporting hori- Zontal shafts,frames or castings hung above and parallel to the said frames orcastings, horizontal shafts supported by the frames or castings,sprocket wheels carried by the shafts, two endless chains, opposite toeach other, trained over the said sprocket wheels; webs on links of saidchains for carrying cleats, cleats horizontally fastened on said websfor supporting and carrying rugs; driving ,meohanism whereby saidshafts, sprocket wheels and chains are rotated and revolved and wherebythe chains are caused to pass in and out of said tank and means forwringing and smoothing the rugs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afiixed my hand and seal this 12thday of September 1912.

GEORGE S. KEBABIAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

